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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Father John Misty
Father John Misty
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joshua Tillman
Joshua Tillman
Composer
James King
James King
Horn Arranger
Paul Jacob Cartwright
Paul Jacob Cartwright
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson
Producer
Joshua Tillman
Joshua Tillman
Producer
Trevor Spencer
Trevor Spencer
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It got too hot and so we overthrew the system
'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here
On this bright blue marble orbited by trash
Man, there's no beating that
It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had, oh
[Verse 2]
My social life is now quite a bit less hectic
The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce
Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city
Empty as a tomb
Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain
But what a perfect afternoon
[Chorus]
Industry and commerce toppled to their knees
The gears of progress halted
The underclass set free
The super-ego shatters with our ideologies
The obscene injunction to enjoy life
Disappears as in a dream
And as we return to our native state
To our primal scene
The temperature, it started dropping
The ice floes began to freeze
[Verse 3]
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly
But the tribe at the former airport
Some nights has meat and dancing
If you don't mind gathering and hunting
We're all still pretty good at eating on the run
Things that would've been helpful to know before the revolution
[Outro]
Though I'll admit some degree of resentment
For the sudden lack of convenience around here
But there're some visionaries among us developing some products
To aid us in our struggle to survive
On this godless rock that refuses to die
Written by: Joshua Tillman

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